IWLA, the resource for warehouse logistics, recently awarded the Jock Menzies IWLA Distinguished Service & Leadership Award to Gary Minardi, president of San Jose Distribution Services, headquartered in San Jose, Calif.

IWLA, the resource for warehouse logistics, announces a renewed focus on the industry’s future through a formal Emerging Leaders Program. The International Warehouse Logistics Association will unveil its plans during a March 9 kick-off meeting during the IWLA Convention & Expo at the Westin Savannah Harbor Resort.

Shippers and manufacturers are asking 3PLs to go beyond the traditional scope of warehouse logistics: They rely on third-party warehouse logistics organizations as solution providers. Warehouses that are members of the International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA) are meeting the call by offering many value-added services: pick and pack, packaging, fulfillment, logistics solutions, and advanced technology.

As regulations as legislation continue to shape how the supply chain works – and how warehouse logistics organizations serve their clients, members of the International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA) are descending upon Washington, D.C., Sept. 17-19, for the 2014 IWLA Legislative Fly-in.

– Members of the International Warehouse Logistics Association elected Tom Herche, president of Seattle-based United Warehouses as the 2014-2015 chairman. IWLA finalized the election March 25, during the 2014 IWLA Convention & Expo in Phoenix, Ariz.

Members of the International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA), the only trade association for the warehouse logistics industry, recently elected Ken Johnson, president & CEO of Shippers Warehouse, Inc, based in Dallas, Texas, to a three-year term on the IWLA Board of Directors.